I've recently bought a WinTV PVR-350 and am planning to use this on my freevo box instead of my low-end analog tuner. Since my current setup has been a right nightmare to get working, I'm trying to collect as much information beforehand before I start recompiling kernel modules and messing with the freevo config.
I have a couple of questions that someone on the list will hopefully be able to answer. 1: Regarding IVTV - Does the ivtv plugin for freevo work out of the box? Does it use the hardware encoder on the PVR? 2: Regarding TV-out; currently I use a matrox G450 and dfbmga for TV-out. I am very happy with the image quality with this, but I presume that the Hauppauge card's builtin TV generator is also of excellent quality. My question is; does the TV-out work reliably on the Hauppauge card in 2.6.X kernels, and would it be recommendable to use it, or should I stay on my proven configuration (which has been a nightmare to get working with kernel patches, mplayer patches, directfb patches and documentation issues).? 3: Does the remote control work with lirc out of the box? 4: Audio: My freevo box is connected to my surround receiver using an optical sp/dif cable. I would prefer to keep this unchanged. Will this be possible when using livetv or accelerated playback of movies? Specifically, is there ALSA support in ivtv? Before purchasing the Hauppauge I did some checking and I did find a discussion specifically on freevo and how to set this up, but dumb as I am I forgot to bookmark this and now I can't find it. If some kind soul has valid info to share that would be much appreciated. There's a lot of info in the ivtv driver itself, so I am confident I will get the driver working, but the freevo and matrox integration is in the blue right now. ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
